Year 3 Objectives : Measurement
MEASUREMENT
MEASUREMENT
Objective 1m: Measure, compare, add and subtract:
lengths (m/cm/mm); mass (kg, g); volume and
capacity (l/ ml)
Objective 2m: Measure the perimeter of simple
2D shapes
Practise using appropriate tools to measure distances
and weight
Know the term ‘perimeter’
Recognise 1m as having 100cm
Know that the perimeter is the distance around the
four sides of a rectangle
Know that 50cm is ½ a metre
Know that the perimeter is the distance around the
outside of any shape
Measure to the nearest metre a distance of up to 10m
Measure accurately each side of a 2D shape and
add up all the sides to find the perimeter
Measure accurately a distance of up to 30cm using a
ruler
Measure a distance of up to 5m using a tape
measure giving the answer in m and cm
Objective 3m: Add and subtract
amounts of money to give change,
using both £ and p in practical contexts
Recognise 1Kg as having 1000g
Add any two amounts of money using notes and coins
Know that 500g is ½ a Kg
Sort out an amount of money by organising it into sets of the
same coins and then making up sets of pounds, etc.
Measure to the nearest Kg a weight of up to 10Kg on
a weighing machine
From a given amount give change from £1, £5, £10
Measure accurately a weight of up to 500g on a
weighing scale
Measure a weight of up to 5Kg using a weighing
machine giving the answer in Kg and g
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Year 3 Objectives : Measurement 2
MEASUREMENT
Objective 4m: Tell and write the time from an
analogue clock, using Roman numerals 1 to
X11, and 12 hour & 24 hour clocks
MEASUREMENT
Objective 6m: Record and compare time in terms of
seconds, minutes, hours
Recognise all Roman numerals from 1 to 12 and
their associated place on a clock
Know that 60 seconds is one minute and that 60
minutes is one hour
Can tell the time on an analogue clock and
write down its equivalent, e.g. ten past two can
be written as 2:10
Know that quarter past is 15 minutes past; and that half
past is 30 minutes past
Know that 90 seconds is a minute and a half
Understand the 24 hour system, e.g. 2pm is 1400
hours
Know that 75 minutes is one hour and a quarter
Objective 5m: Estimate and read time with
increasing accuracy to the nearest minute
Revise reading the time in five minute intervals
Read the time to one minute intervals
Objective 7m: Use vocabulary such as: o’clock, am, pm,
morning, afternoon, noon and midnight
Know that am represents time from midnight to noon
Know that pm represents time from noon to midnight
Estimate the time to the nearest five minutes,
eg, it is almost ten past three
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Year 3 Objectives : Measurement 4
MEASUREMENT
Objective 8m: Know the number of seconds in a
minute; minutes in an hour; and the number of days
in each month, year and leap year
Know that 60 minutes make 1 hour; and that 60
seconds make 1 minute
Know that the number of days per month varies
between 28 to 31
Know that the number of days in a year varies
between 365 and 366 and know the term leap
year
Know the rhyme associated with days of the
month
Objective 9m: Compare durations of events, e.g.
calculate time taken by particular events or tasks
Measure in minutes and seconds any duration
using a stop watch or hand held clock
Know that certain events last a given time: e.g.
lunch hour = 60 minutes, playtime = quarter of
an hour, football match = 90 minutes
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